From brodriguez@unam.mx Sat Dec 02 20:25:16 1995
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From: brodriguez@unam.mx (Bastien Rodríguez)
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Subject: Data: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis
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Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog.

There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background.
On track 9's instrumental cut, the 14.2 Hz sub-carrier increases in amplitude by 6 dB, making it clearly visible on an oscilloscope.

Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986?

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From gkang@rwth-aachen.de Sun Dec 03 10:32:16 1995
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From: gkang@rwth-aachen.de (Graham Kang)
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Subject: Re: Data: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis
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In article <1995Dec02.202516.8542@unam.mx>, brodriguez@unam.mx (Bastien Rodríguez) writes:
> Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog.

Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal.

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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